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Bristol and the Promotion of the Great Western Railway, 1835

by: Geoffrey Channon

Publication date: 1985

Topics: Bristol, history, railways, trains, Victorian, 1830s

Publisher: Bristol Historical Association

Collection: bristol-record-society-collection; additional_collections

Language: English

Rights: The pamphlet was published by the Bristol Branch of the Historical Association, based at the University of Bristol. Electronic publication of the pamphlet series was undertaken from 2019 by the Bristol Record Society and the Bristol Historical Association. Scans of the pamphlets were posted initially on the websites of the two bodies. Slightly modified versions of the files began to be uploaded to The Internet Archive in 2023 to aid preservation and improve accessibility. Uploaded by the General Editor: Digitisation of the Bristol Record Society and the Digitisation Officer of the Bristol.

Geoffrey Channon, Bristol and the Promotion of the Great Western Railway, 1835 (Bristol Historical Association pamphlets, no. 62, 1985), 27 pp.

Pamphlet about the scheme to develop the Great Western Railway service from London to Bristol during the 1830s. Written by Dr Geoffrey Channon, a History lecturer at Bristol Polytechnic (now University of the West of England), and a specialist on British railway history.

Pamphlet digitised and uploaded by the Bristol Record Society / Bristol Branch of the Historical Association.

Notes

Most of the 120 pamphlets published by the Bristol Historical Association (1960-2007) were written by established scholars in the field. They were subject to editorial oversight and peer review from senior academic historians at the University of Bristol and, later, the University of the West of England.